Regulators in Shanghai, the country’s financial centre, gave verbal instructions to exchange operators to shut down, China Business News and 21st Century Economic Report said on their websites. They gave no other details. Bitcoin’s value…
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China’s WeChat crackdown drives bitcoin enthusiasts to Telegram
China is also cracking down on VPNs, which route traffic through servers outside the country, to stamp out access to foreign news sites and services. Apple is removing many VPNs from its Chinese app store…
Beijing cryptocurrency exchanges told to announce trading halt: source
Chinese authorities have ordered Beijing-based cryptocurrency exchanges to cease trading and immediately notify users of their closure, signalling a widening crackdown by authorities on the industry to contain financial risks. Exchanges were also told to…
Beijing crypto-currency exchanges told to announce trading stop by Friday: Securities Times
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese authorities have ordered Beijing-based crypto-currency exchanges to cease trading and to tell users by Friday about when trading will end, the Securities Times newspaper reported citing industry sources and a government…
Chinese academics prod Beijing to consider North Korea contingencies
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese academics are publicly broaching the idea that China and the United States should share plans on how to deal with a potential conflict on the Korean Peninsula, a sign some say…
Tillerson presses China to apply oil leverage on North Korea
“That is a very powerful tool and it has been used in the past,” Tillerson said at a news conference. “We hope China will not reject that.” He spoke after talks with Britain and France…
World’s oldest panda dies aged 37 in China
The world’s oldest captive giant panda has died at age 37 — more than 100 years in human years — her handlers in China said on Thursday as they gave “Basi” an emotional send-off befitting…
China orders bitcoin exchanges to shut down, report says
Regulators in Shanghai, the country’s financial center, gave verbal instructions to exchange operators to shut down, China Business News and 21st Century Economic Report said on their websites. They gave no other details. The central…
9 killed, 9 trapped in China mine, tunnel accidents
At least nine people have been killed and nine others trapped in mining and tunnel building accidents in China, state media reported Thursday … the official Xinhua News Agency reported. Eight others were rescued and…
China sent a ship to the Arctic for science. Then state media announced a new trade route.
China’s state news agency Xinhua reported last week that a Chinese ship had conducted a successful test of a trading route along the long-fabled Arctic Northwest Passage. This was a major milestone, according to the…
China dismisses Modi-Abe summit as emotional moves without any real impact
Yet it doesn’t matter if China has no time for that,” says Global Times, a state-run Chinese news outlet. It says China’s trade with Japan and India is far bigger than bilateral trade between India…
China’s economy loses steam in August, but Beijing seems just fine with that
China’s economy lost momentum in August, with industrial output and retail sales both seeing slower growth, though the weaker figures are unlikely to have come as a surprise to Beijing as it continues to instigate…
Global stocks fall after China data, UK central bank warning
Global stocks mostly fell on Thursday after Britain’s central bank signaled it could consider raising interest rates in coming months and data showed retail sales and industrial output slowing in China. KEEPING SCORE: Britain’s FTSE…